Price railway



UNITED STATES JAMES M."PRIOE, OF PHILAIJELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE To THE PRICE RAILWAY APPLIANCE COMPANY, OFPENNSYLVANIA.

claman-JOINT Fo'R .RAILROAD-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,660, dated AprilV3, y1894:.

Application nea Mach ze, 199s.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city f and county of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and-useful Im- 'provement in Gird'er-Joints for'R-ailroad- Rails, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings.

lMy invention relates to improvements in girder joints for railroadrails and consists of metallic platesformed as hereinafter described. iI

Eigures l and 3 represent side elevations of a girder joint yfor arailroad rail embodying my mvention. Fig. 2 represents a top or planView thereof. Fig. 4 represents a transverse vertical section thereof. f

l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures. 'Y

e Referring to the drawings: A designates verticalplates having raisedcenters or combs B, and the horizontal `grooves or jaws C, in whichlatter the anges of the rails inclosed in the joint are rested, whilethe heads of the rails are supported on said centers 'or combs B.

I D designates the feet which are notchedy for the spikes, whereby thejoint ymay bel attached to two adjacentties. The inner ends of the feetoverhang the ties, and are.con nected with the ends of the arch E andinverted arch F, or circular guides.

G designates the bench which depends from the jaws C, and is continuouswith the same. Strong ribs H, J, curved to correspond Vwith the'shape ofthe combined plate, jaw

and bench, surround and embrace the exteriorpart of the joint plates.vIn the bench G is a bolt opening K, which is central tol the lower archF, whereby an .additional security is providedfor the joint plates by'binding'to-` gether theba'ses of a pair of the same beneath the rails,as Ywell asthe middle of theV rails themselves. Y

L designates skirting rribs around the bolt" opening K, forming a box orreinforce therefor, thus adding greatly to the strength ofthe joint atits center." To further-increase the strength of the joint, slantingribsM and N are attached vto the interior of the bench, and

theupright plate v-A, or body of thev plate, and

sentira 467,306. (nmada.)

Y the entire edge is skirted by projections,

which vnot only contribute muchv v to the strength of the structure, butact at its upper edge against the web of the two rails, to keep thelatter to a true alignment. Openings P are made in the main plate A, thesame d educting from the weight'of the same, and contributing to theelasticity of said plate. The walls of the top and bottom, andv upperand lower openings P, respectively, have thin plates Q thereon, the samebeing set on their l edges and connected with the front of the plate toavoid weakness at said plates. Further adjustment to a large number ofrails may be had by laying a thin plate R upon the comb in the pattern,to make the height from the upper side of the rail Iiange to the underside of the head of the rail greater for` the joint, when required, sothat the comb shall be in contact with the heads of the two rails wherethey meet, and contribute sup` port to them. It will .be observed thatthe central rib J has been made so shortas to comedown only to the topof the'box forthe lower bolt, to avoid interfering with the handling ofthe same; It'` ever found inpractice however, desirable to dispense withthe hole beneaththe rail anges, I should-retain the square b ox for thebolt hole, filling in the hole itself, and run or extend the rib outwardf and downward to embrace the lower edge of the underarch,thus'attaining remarkable strength at that point. e

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A girder joint for meeting rails consisting of a vertical plate witha raised center, a horizontal groove forming a jaw, and feet,

feet, and a bench dependingffrom said jaw,

' arches connecting the inner end of the said saidparts being combinedsubstantially as described. i. ,l

2. Two plates of metal, consisting each of a vertical plate resting uponthe flange of two meeting rails and in part upon the cross ties on whichthosel rails sit, by means of a foot vnearly horizontal spreading outupon them,

the plates strengthened by twoarches of metal, foot'to foot, and byembracing-ribs,

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binding all parts together, the platesbeing- A pierced by bolt holes andconnected by bolts through the rails, and below them at one and the sametime, as `a rail joint, substantially as described.

3. Two joint plates, each ribbed externally by curved and projectingribs, and on the inner side by straight and slanting ribs, sup porting aribbed periphery, from 'which rises at the center of the plate a comb tosupport at their meeting point the heads of the two meeting rails,embraced and upheld between the ties by the joint plates, these beingsecured together, where they embrace the anges of the rails inclosed bybolts midway of the rails themselves and traversing them and the jointplates, and by another bolt passing through the plates below the rails,the whole constituting a rail joint, substantially as described.

4. A rail joint, consisting of two metallic plates, deeply furrowed orguttered to receive and compress the flan ges of two meeting railroadrails, the plates consisting in the main of a vertical back or girder,with center raised into contact with the heads of the rails inclosed,and feet resting in part upon the rail flanges and inclosed in part uponthe crossties supporting the rails, with encircling ribs and arches ofmetal inverted to cach other, and bolted above and below the flanges ofthe rails embraced, substantially as described.

5. A girder joint consisting ot' a plate with groove and feet, saidplate having openings therein, and reinforce plates Q for the walls ofsaid openings, said parts being combined substantially as described.

6. A girder joint consisting of a plate with a horizontal groovetherein, and a raised ccntral portion, and feet, a depending bench withopenings therein arches connecting said bench and feet, and slantingstrengthening ribs and projections, said parts being com binedsubstantially as described.

'7. A girder joint for meeting rails havinga raised central portion, incombination with adjusting plates adapted to rest on the raised portion,substantially as described.

JAMES M. PRICE. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHnrM, A. P. JENNINGS.

